Filipino actor Dingdong Dantes has received several awards and nominations throughout his career in the entertainment industry. He is known for his acting versatility and played dramatic and fantasy-action roles in movies and television. His accolades include 11 times Box Office Entertainment Awards, 5 times PMPC Star Awards for Television, 3 times EdukCircle Awards, 2 times FAMAS Award, 2 times EDDYS Awards, 2 times Metro Manila Film Festival for Best Actor, 1 time Manila International Film Festival for Best Actor, a Seoul International Drama Awards Asian Star Prize, an Asian Academy Creative Awards for Best Entertainment Host, a Nickeledon Kids Choice Awards, a Gawad Pasado Award and a Gawad Tanglaw Award and a PMPC Star Awards for Movie including nominations from Gawad Urian Award, Golden Screen Awards for Movie, Luna Award and an Asian Television Awards nomination.
Dantes first acting debut in television was in the youth oriented show T.G.I.S. playing one of the main characters as Iñaki Torres in 1997. He acted opposite Tanya Garcia in drama series Sana ay Ikaw na Nga (2001) and Twin Hearts (2003). He gained further recognition in the fantasy-action series Encantadia (2005) and Atlantika (2006).
He solidified his place as the "Kapuso Primetime King" when he was paired with his wife Marian Rivera in Marimar (2007), and they continued to work in Dyesebel (2008), Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang (2009), Endless Love (2010) and My Beloved (2012) which gave them a Box Office Entertainment Awards for popular loveteam in 2009 and 2010 and two nominations for Dantes in Best Drama Actor category at PMPC Star Awards for Television in 2010 and 2012. The couple worked in two romantic comedy movies One True Love (2008) and You to Me Are Everything (2010).
Dantes received his first Best Actor award in the Korean TV adaptation series Stairway to Heaven (2009) at the 24th PMPC Star Awards for Television and a nomination from Asian Television Awards. In 2015, Dantes won a Best Actor award at the Golden Screen TV Awards in the series Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real (2015) opposite Maricel Soriano and Lovi Poe. The following year, he returned with an action-series Alyas Robin Hood (2016) and won his second Best Drama Actor at the 31st PMPC Star Awards for Television.
In movies, Dantes co-starred with Kris Aquino and Angelica Panganiban in horror movie Segunda Mano (2011) and won a Best Actor award at 37th Metro Manila Film Festival and nominations from FAMAS Award, Luna Award, Golden Screen Movie Award and PMPC Star Awards for Movie. The next year, he returned in the movie One More Try co-starred Angel Locsin, Angelica Panganiban and Zanjoe Marudo; Dantes won his second Best Actor award at the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival and a Gawad Tanglaw Award for Best Actor with nominations from FAMAS Award, Luna Award and PMPC Star Awards for Movie. He starred with Anne Curtis-Smith in Sid & Aya: Not a Love Story (2019) and won The EDDYS Best Actor Award and received nominations from Gawad Urian Award, Luna Award and PMPC Star Awards for Movies.
In 2023, Dantes and Marian Rivera returned to mainstream and starred in the movie Rewind , a Star Cinema's movie entry to 49th Metro Manila Film Festival. Rewind was a box office success with a movie gross of ₱924 million, becoming the highest grossing film of all time and the highest grossing movie in history of Metro Manila Film Festival. He received a Phenomenal Box Office Star and Most Popular Loveteam award with his wife Marian Rivera and Film Actor award at the Box Office Entertainment Awards in 2024. He also received a Best Actor award at the 1st Manila International Film Festival.
As a television host, he received 4 awards from PMPC Star Awards for Television, a Golden Screen TV Awards, an EdukCircle Award and an Asian Academy Creative Awards.
Awards and nominations + Film and TV Awards YearCategory Nominated work ResultRef.Asian Academy Creative Awards2024Best Entertainment HostFamily Feud Asian Television Awards2009Best ActorStairway to Heaven Box Office Entertainment Awards2003Prince of RP MoviesHimself2009Most Phenomenal LoveteamSpecial AwardsDingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera"Vic Sotto, Vice Ganda named Phenomenal Stars of the Year; John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo are Box Office King & Queen" . Pep.ph. Retrieved 2014-05-19.2010Loveteam of the Year"Vic Sotto, Vice Ganda named Phenomenal Stars of the Year; John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo are Box Office King & Queen" . Pep.ph. Retrieved 2014-05-19.2013Film Actor of the YearOne More Try "44th Guillermo Mendoza Box-Office Entertainment Awards" . Pep.ph. Retrieved May 19, 2014.2017Film Actor of the YearThe Unmarried Wife2018Film Actor of the YearSeven Sundays2019Phenomenal Box Office StarFantastica 2024Film Actor of the YearRewind Phenomenal Box Office Star(shared with Marian Rivera)Most Popular Loveteam for MoviesEDDYS Entertainment Editors Choice Awards2017Best ActorThe Unmarried Wife2019Best ActorSid & Aya: Not a Love Story2022Best ActorA Hard Day2024Best ActorRewindBox Office HeroesEdukCircle Awards2017Most Influential Film Actor of the YearThe Unmarried Wife2018Most Influential Film Actor of the YearSid & Aya: Not a Love Story2019Best Educational HostAmazing EarthGawad Pasado2018Best ActorSeven Sundays Gawad Tanglaw Awards2013Best ActorOne More Try Golden Screen Awards (ENPRESS)2012Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role-DramaSegunda Mano2013Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role-DramaTiktik: The Aswang Chronicles2014Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role-DramaDance of the Steel BarsGolden Screen Television Awards (ENPRESS)2013Outstanding Reality Competition Program HostProtégé: The Battle for the Big Artista BreakOutstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama SeriesMy Beloved2014Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama SeriesPahiram ng Sandali2015Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama ProgramAng Dalawang Mrs. RealGawad Urian Award2019Best ActorSid & Aya: Not a Love Story2022Best ActorA Hard DayFAMAS Award2002German Moreno Youth Achievement AwardHimself2008Best Supporting ActorResiklo2012Best ActorSegunda Mano2013Best ActorOne More Try2014Best ActorShe's the One2017Best ActorThe Unmarried WifeFPJ Memorial AwardHimself2018Best ActorSeven Sundays2024Best ActorRewind International Golden Summit Excellence Award in Vietnam 2025Television Icon of the YearFamily Feud FAP or Luna Awards2012Best ActorSegunda Mano2013Best ActorOne More Try 2019Best ActorSid & Aya: Not a Love StoryManila International Film Festival2024Best ActorRewind Metro Manila Film Festival2011Best ActorSegunda Mano2012Best ActorOne More Try 2014Best ActorKubot: The Aswang Chronicles 22021Best ActorA Hard Day2023Best ActorRewindBest Supporting ActorFireflyNickelodeon2008Favorite Television ActorHimselfPMPC Star Awards for Movies2008Movie Director of the YearAngels2012Movie Actor of the YearSegunda Mano2013Movie Actor of the YearOne More Try 2014Movie Actor of the YearDance of the Steel Bars2017Movie Actor of the YearThe Unmarried Wife2018Movie Actor of the YearSeven Sundays2019Movie Actor of the YearSid & Aya: Not a Love StoryPMPC Star Awards for Television2004Best Talent Search Program HostStarstruck2006Best Talent Search Program HostStarStruck: The Nationwide Invasion2007Best Talent Search Program HostStarStruck: The Next Level2010Best Drama ActorStairway to Heaven 2011Best Drama ActorEndless Love 2012Best Drama ActorMy BelovedBest Talent Search Program HostProtégé: The Battle For The Big Artista Break 2013Best Reality Competition Program HostProtégé: The Battle For The Big Artista Break2014Best Drama ActorAng Dalawang Mrs. Real2016Best Talent Search Program HostStarStruck 2017Best Drama ActorAlyas Robin Hood2018Best Educational Program HostAmazing Earth2019Best Drama ActorCain at AbelBest Education Program HostAmazing Earth2021Best Drama ActorDescendants of the SunBest Educational Program HostAmazing Earth2025Best Game Show HostFamily Feud Best Talent Search Program HostThe Voice Kids PhilippinesBest Educational Program HostAmazing EarthSeoul International Drama Awards2020Asian Star Prize AwardDescendants of the Sun
Special awards Year Organization Categories 2007 Cosmopolitan Magazine 2007's Number 1 Bachelor of the Year2008 Yes Magazine Readers Choice Awards Young Male Superstar: Rank #1 Most Popular Loveteam with Marian Rivera E! Entertainment Television Hollywood Top 25 Sexiest Men in the World: Rank #3 Philippine Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Awardee 2009 YES Magazine Most Powerful in Showbiz: Rank #72013 Movie Writers Welfare Foundation Gintong Palad Public Service Awardee with Marian Rivera International Business and Academe Conference Outstanding Youth Ambassador Awardee Anak TV Awards Anak TV Makabata Awardee 2014 Anak TV Awards Anak TV Makabata Awardee 2023 GMA Gala 2023 Couple of the Night with Marian Rivera
Entertainment awards Year Organization Categories 2007 1st Annual Fil-Am Visionary Awards Favourite Television Actor 2008 Supreme to the Extreme Awards Best in Chemistry with Marian Rivera2009 SOP Kapuso Tag Awards Most Romantic Kapuso Smooch with Marian Rivera Most Kapuso Blopped with Marian Rivera Kapuso Male Fav-Artist2012 1st Party Pilipinas Most Liked Awards Most Liked Love Team with Marian Rivera Most Liked Kilig Moments with Marian Rivera Meg Top Choice Awards Hottest Couple with Marian Rivera 1st Party Pilipinas Most Liked Awards Most Liked Kapuso Drama Actor
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